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Humbugardy: Numb3r5 for 600

2005-10-29 12:19

by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

The two men who have held famous MLB career records (one of which since surpassed) represented by these digits:

1652

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

Numb3r5	Sudoku	6th Degree Quotes	What and Where	Anagram Lines	Subjective
200	Bob Timmerman	Bob Timmerman	200	For The Turnstiles	deadteddy8
400	For The Turnstiles	For The Turnstiles	400	Joe	400
For The Turnstiles	Next...	600	600	For The Turnstiles	600
T J	800	800	Murray	argosy	800
1000	1000	1000	Bob Timmerman	For The Turnstiles	1000

Comments

2005-10-29 12:58:43

1. JH in DC

Who are Rickey Henderson and Hank Aaron?

(it's a pure guess.)

2005-10-29 12:59:31

2. Shaun P

Who are Tony Perez (most RBI, 1652, by a Latino player, since passed by Rafael Palmiero) and Harold Baines (most games played at DH, 1652)?

2005-10-29 13:01:47

3. Score Bard

Nice guess, Shaun, but them ain't what I call famous records.

2005-10-29 13:06:18

4. deadteddy8

Who are Pete Rose, most runs scored, passed by Rickey Henderson, and Harold Baines, most games played at DH?

2005-10-29 13:21:14

5. Score Bard

Nope, I mean famous, as in: stop-the-game-when-you-break-the-record famous, and held as in I-retired-with-this-number held.

2005-10-29 13:36:59

6. RyMock

Who are Joe Dimaggio and Home Run Baker? (56 for the hitting streak and Baker hit a record 12 home runs in 1912)

2005-10-29 13:38:03

7. For The Turnstiles

Who are Ryan and Brock?

2005-10-29 13:42:29

8. Score Bard

For the Turnstiles is correct, once again. You may choose the next category.

2005-10-29 13:51:07

9. Shaun P

I would think that fans (and players) of Latino descent think Perez's record was famous. And the media LOVES all things DH these days - haven't you heard that a DH should win the AL MVP?

(OK, so I'm not Latino, and I think A-Rod should be the AL MVP - sue me.)

And here I thought I might actually start getting a little closer to catching Bob T and For the Turnstiles . . . oh well.

2005-10-29 13:52:37

10. Shaun P

Turnstiles, congrats again - I can't beat you even when I get to the question . . . err, answer, before you!

2005-10-29 13:54:53

11. Shaun P

An explanation, please? I thought I figured out why it was Brock and Ryan, but now I'm not so sure.

2005-10-29 14:26:36

12. For The Turnstiles

Thanks.
1652 (base 8) = 938, Brock's stolen bases.
1652 (base 16) = 5714, Ryan's strikeouts.
Hooray for new math!

My mind seems to be deranged in just the right way to figure some of these problems out, but I'm still in awe of how the Bard (and his team of Humbugardy researchers) managed to come up with them in the first place.

Let's go back to Sudoku for 600.

2005-10-29 14:28:06

13. Score Bard

http://www.microcontroller.com/Embedded.asp?did=92

2005-10-29 15:26:52

14. Bob Timmermann

I was trying the different base thing, but then I got hungry and food won out over this.

I stand by my decision.